The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-05-11
THE HAYMARKET HORROR.
One Year Has Passed Since the.
Bomb Did It's Bloody
Work.
List OF the Brave Officers Who Laid
Down Their Lives 10 Throttle
Anarchy.
TChicago special


The first anniversary of the event which
will be known to history as the Haymarket
massacre occurred on Wednesday last.
The night of May A, 1886, six companies OK
police, numbering 175 men, under COM
mand of Inspector John Bonfield and Capt.
Ward, marched from the Desplaines Street,
Police Station up Desplaines street to
point short distance north of Randolph
street, and there halted. A socialists
meeting was in progress on the street, and
several fire. eating anarchists were doing
their utmost to incite the people to riot.
Capt. Ward formally ordered the crowd in
the name of the people of the State OF
illinois to quietly and peaceably dispense"
Samuel Fielden, the anarchist who was
then making speech, replied, I'VE are
peaceable," and at the same instant a dyn-
amite bomb was thrown into the ranks or
the police. Instantly upon the explosion
of the bomb, and before the police force
had chance TO rally, fusillade of re-
volyer shots was poured into The police
from both sides of the street. The police
Immediately rallied and returned the fire,
and the mob fed with the police in hot pur-
suit When the smoke of battle had cleared
away the ground was found TO be covered
with wounded and dying policemen,
stricken down by the deadly bomb. One
officer died almost Immediately and sixty
six others were wounded, six Of whom died
within the next week or two from the effect
of their wounds. There was also one
civilian found killed on the spot and about
twenty others wounded, but as the wounded
socialists were mostly hidden away, the
total casualties resulting from the battle
will never be known. At least twelve, and.
Yroba hlv ovar twaptv livaa uara Lost and
over 100 people seriously injured. Follow
ing are the names OF tire policemen injured,
classified as fatally injured, permanently
disabled, and seriously disabled, still unit
for duty.
FATALLY INJURED-7
Matthias J. began, Michael Sheehan,
George Miller, Nels Hansen,
John j. Barrett, Thomas Redden,
Timothy Flavihan.
PERMANENTLY DIsABLED-1.
Michael O'Brien, Lawrence J. Murphy,
Thomas McEnery, Adam Barber,
Jacob Hanson, Patrick McNulty,
Charles w. whitney, John f. Mcmahon.
Mich J. Shannon, Jr., Daniel Hogan,
Patrick Hartford.
DUTY-l2.
August G. Keller, Joseph Norman,
John Il. Doyle, Peter Butterfly,
John H. King, Alexander Jameson,
Arthur Connolly, Charles II. Fink,
James A. Brady, Edward Barrett,
Timothy Sullivan, Henry T. Smith.
But though the bomb did all the work
expected of it, the results were not what
the anarchists anticipated. The police,
instead of running away, rallied and
charged the mob and drove the conspira-
tors to their holes, utterly routing them at
the first onset.
Numerous arrests followed, and the
whole conspiracy was laid bare. June 81
eight of the leading conspirators-Sp
Parsons, Fischer, Engel, Lingg, Schwab,
Fielden, and Neebe-were placed on trial
before Judge Gary, and the next twenty
one days were consumed in securing
jury. The details of the trial
are fresh in the minds of all. 1t lasted
about two months, and resulted in q YER
dict condemning seven of the prisoners to
death, and the eighth. Neebe, to fifteen
years penal servitude. Motions in sup
port of a new trial have since been argued
before the State Supreme Court, and the
case is still pending. The decision of the
Supreme Court is not expected until Sep
TENDER, and the general impression Of all
who heard the arguments at Ottawa was
that the motions will be refused.
That verdict was the death-blow to an
archy in this country. 1t is warning that
anarchy has no resting place here, and
that Johann Most and all his criminal as
sociates and befooled followers the mo-
ment they begin to put their theories into
effect stand beneath the shadow of the
gallows.